Bug#284794: [sparc64] [di-rc2] Success 99%
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version:
Release Candidate 2
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-sparc/rc2/images/
sparc64/netboot/boot.img
uname -a:
Linux test1 2.4.27-1-sparc64 #1 Mon Aug 23 23:59:55 PDT 2004 sparc64 GNU/Linux
Date: Wed Dec 1 11:03:14 GMT 2004
Method: <How did you install? What did you boot off? If network
install, from where? Proxied?>
Netbooted installer off local server (Ultra450, Solaris 2.5.1)
Proxy on another local server to network (x86, Suse 8.1)
Pulled all installer components off ftp.uk.debian.org via proxy
Machine: Sparc64, Ultra 250
Processor: UltraSparc II
Memory: 1G
Root Device: /dev/sda2
Root Size/partition table:
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0 95 97280 1 Boot (/boot)
/dev/sda2 95 362 273408 83 Linux native (root)
/dev/sda3 0 8637 8844288 5 Whole disk
/dev/sda4 362 3350 3059712 83 Linux native (/usr)
/dev/sda5 3350 4839 1524736 83 Linux native (/var)
/dev/sda6 4839 5318 490496 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda7 5318 5587 275456 83 Linux native (/tmp)
/dev/sda8 5587 8637 3123200 83 Linux native (/home)
This layout was generated by selecting the server installation
disk partitioning layout...
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Psycho PCI Bus Module
0000:00:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. EBUS (rev 01)
0000:00:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Happy Meal (rev 01)
0000:00:03.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 (rev 14)
0000:00:03.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c875 (rev 14)
0000:00:04.0 Display controller: 3DLabs Permedia II 2D+3D (rev 01)
0000:00:05.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Happy Meal (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Psycho PCI Bus Module
0000:00:00.0 0600: 108e:8000
0000:00:01.0 0680: 108e:1000 (rev 01)
0000:00:01.1 0200: 108e:1001 (rev 01)
0000:00:03.0 0100: 1000:000f (rev 14)
0000:00:03.1 0100: 1000:000f (rev 14)
0000:00:04.0 0380: 3d3d:0009 (rev 01)
0000:00:05.1 0200: 108e:1001 (rev 01)
0000:01:00.0 0600: 108e:8000
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O] See Note 1.
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O] See Note 2.
Comments/Problems:
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
And ideas you had during the initial install.>
(1) Partitioning the hard drive initially caused a problem. This was
due to the disklabel not matching the geometry of the drive. Solaris
also could not cope with this disk in this state. I had to boot the
woody net installer, run fdisk, remove all the partitions and get fdisk
to create a new disklabel based upon the detected geometry of the drive
not the rubbish in the disklabel (which indicated an 18G drive, not the
9G drive that is installed)
(2) The installer performed the initial base system install and rebooted
into the second phase of the install correctly. At this point apt is
setup by the installer to download the rest of the base system.
I manually configured apt's source list, since I have both a
local mirror and www.mirrorservice.org has replaced www.mirror.ac.uk
and is also faster :-) But as previously mentioned I have a proxy server
to go through to get to the net. At no point was I given the opportunity
to setup a proxy for apt (although during the initial install I was, which
allowed me to get the first stage of the base system installed). I had to
log into another console, setup apt's config files with the proxy details,
before continuing on with the install. After that the install completed
as expected.
Addendum to Note2: I've redone the installation a few times to work out
what is happening. It appears that if during the second phase of the
installation you select one of the predefined mirror sites then you
are asked for the proxy configuration with the default details that
were specified in phase 1 of the installation. BUT, if you elect to
manually configure the apt sources for the second phase of the installation
then you are not asked for the proxy details. This causes apt to fail
to download the files from the mirror and so you keep getting asked to
edit the apt sources to sort the problem out...
Other Notes:
boot-2.6.img does not boot at all on this machine.
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